[By Julie Goldsticker/USA Boxing – Photo of Gonzalez/Facebook] (COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – Three young American boxers earned preliminary round wins on Friday at the 2014 Youth World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. The U.S. squad won their first three bouts of the day as female competitors Jajaira Gonzalez (Glendora, Calif.) and Martha Fabela (Oakland, Calif.)
(Additional reporting: aiba.org) The 2014 AIBA World Youth Championships (incorporating the 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympics qualifier) entered its fifth day at the Armeec Arena in Sofia on Good Friday with the standout teams in the Women’s event being Chinese Taipei and Turkey since all three of their boxers overcame stiff opposition to reach the quarter-finals
Photo: Christina Desmond / Photo: by John Delea Earlier we brought you news of a fine win for U.S.A Boxing’s Martha Fabela on the fourth day of the 2014 AIBA World Youth Championships (incorporating the only 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympic qualifier) held at the Armeec Arena in Downtown Sofia, Bulgaria. Now we bring you news of
By Julie Goldsticker/photo by Mary Ann Owen (COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – USA Boxing’s top female athletes in the elite division are traveling to Colorado Springs, Colo., today for their first training camp of the year at the U.S. Olympic Training Center. A squad from Canada will travel south to the Pikes Peak region as
“It is believed that the only way to get the sport of boxing back on track in India would be for it to be left in the hands of trustful, clean and honest people who love boxing and to give the opportunity to any group of people with passion and love for our sport
Photo/Courtesy – Team Urbina (FEB 27) MEXICO CITY, MEXICO/Press Release – Sulem Urbina’s amateur boxing win streak continues as she captured the 112 lb/51 kg gold medal at the Independence Cup in Santiago, Dominican RepublicTwenty-three year old amateur boxer, Sulem Urbina, a Mexican born, U.S. resident, returned to her Team Mexico training camp in Mexico
As the 2014 U.S Women’s Nationals in Spokane, Wash. approach (January 20th-25th), confirmation of the ever increasing strength of women’s boxing in the United States comes with publication by the ‘amateur’ sport’s governing body, A.I.B.A, of the January 2014 World Rankings list (based on tournaments up to end of December). There are nine Team U.S
Boxing: Tough New American Opponent For Katie Taylor at Mansion House By Michael O’Neill Plans for Katie Taylor’s next two bouts on home soil have now been completed and as we previously reported she meets Europe’s no. 3 Finland’s Mira Potkonen at the Ballywaltrim Community Centre in Bray on November 30th For the four
Nicola Adams To Star in Hour Long ‘Sports Life Series’ on British TV – by Michael O’Neill – (additional reporting ITV.com) (NOV 6) “I almost feel like it was my destiny to go to the Olympics and win gold. Something was always telling me at the back of my mind that you need to stick at
by Julie Goldsticker – September 25, 2013 (SEPT 25) Reigning Olympic gold medalist Claressa Shields (Flint, Mich.) returned to major international action with a second round TKO victory on Tuesday at the Women’s Junior/Youth World Championships in Albena, Bulgaria. Shields took one of four victories for her U.S. squad in the second straight successful day of